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Microsoft Exchange - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2021-41349)

Severity
CVSSv3 Score
6.5
Exploitable with Sniper
No
Vulnerability description

Microsoft Exchange is affected by a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, located in the Autodiscover endpoint. The root cause of this vulnerability consists in the lack of input validation in the URL query string. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript code in the URI.

Risk description

The risk exists that a remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability and send malicious URLs to the Exchange clients which can then steal their unencrypted usernames and passwords if accessed.

Recommendation

Upgrade the Exchange server to the latest version.

Detectable with
Network Scanner
Vuln date
Sep 2021
Published at
Updated at
Software Type
Email server
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Exchange Server
Codename
Not available